Undergarment.



No. 852,306. PATBNTBD APR. 30, 1907. c. M. WALKER.

UNDERGARMENT.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 2, 1906.

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C. M. WALKER.

UNDBRGARMENT.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.2, 1906.

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. Specification of Letters Eetent.

Patented April 30,

Application filed August 2, 1906. Serial No. 328,935.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, (lyrics iii. WALKER, a. citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Butier, in the county of Bates and State ofMissouri, have invented new end useful Improvements in Undergarments, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to under garments of that class termed unionsuits and aims to provide a cloth union suit in a manner as hereinaftermore specifically described enioodying all the advantages and freedom ofe knit union suit, furthermore being decidedly more cooler when wornthan a knit garment as well as not sticking to the body when the body iswet with perspiration.

The invention further aims to provide a cloth union suit having anelastic Waist band of knit fabric constituting the elastic WitlStportion, thereby preventing any inconvenience to the wearer when usingthe suit as the wearer will have the utmost freedom, and furthermore. toprovide the suit at the shoulder portion thereof with an elastic insertof knit fabric so that the shoulder portion of the garment will not bindthe wearer when the suit is worn.

The invention further aims to provide a union suit which shall be simplein its arrangement, strong, durable, and comparetively inexpensive tomanufacture.

With the foregoing and other objects in view the invention consists ofthe novel coinhinetion and arrangement of ports constituting the suit ashereinafter more specifically descrihml and illustrated iii-theaccompanying drawings, wherein is shown the preferred embodiment ol theinvention, but it is to he understood that changes, variations andmodifications can he resorted to which comeoortion 1, ed shirt. portioni erni pits nice with the in encioth drawers pcrtou i being armless andprovided with rtion 1,13

the opening extending upwardly from the crotch 4. The drawers portion 2is also open at the rear ,the opening extending from the crotch e to 21point in close proximity to the waist, and the drawers portion 2 isprovided at the rear with a flap 5 for orerlsppmg the rear 0 Jening ofthe drawers portion 2. The legs 0 the drawers portion 2 are indicated bythe reference character 6, and as shown are half or knee length, hutthelegs 6 may he anhie length if desired. Aithough the shirt portion 1 isshorm armless, yet firms of half .or full length may be secured to theshirt portion 1.

m1 7 the shirt portion 1 is connected LO t e drawers portion 2 by meansof a piniof reinforcing strips 7 8 which extend from the crotch 4 oi thedrawers portion 2 to the neck opening of the slnrt portion. The reunionin strips 7 8 aresecured, respectively, to one si e of the front openingof the shirt end drawers port-ion of the garment. interposed between andsecured respectively to the lower end of the shirt portion 1 and theupper end of the drmvers portion 2 by suitable-stitching is an elasticwaist band .9 formed of knit inhric and which extends from the innerside of the reinforcing strip 7 to the innerside of the reinforcingstrip 8. The hand 9 is of greater width at the back than st the frontand allows for perfect freedom of the wearer st the waist and preventsthe garment sticl to the body when the body is Wet with perspire tion'.The wsist bond 9 also constitutes an elastic coupling hiQitIlS betweenthe shirt portion 1 and drawers portion 2. The shoulders of the shirtportion lore escl'itornied with en elastic insert 10 of knit fabricwhich extends from the neck opening to the opening for the arm andgradually increases in width in wnrdly, this elastic insert e'fiordsperfect freedom to the wearer and st the same time also prevents theshoulders of the shirt por tion 1 of sticking when the wearer isperspiring. 1 i i From the i'orc oing description, when in connectionwith the accompanying drawings,

it will be evident that e union suit is set up embodying the e .lvsntegeof preventing the gsrnient "from sticking and oi; the some timesiiording perfect freedom the wearer st the shoulders end weist, endinrtherniore, the elastic heed will. ellorir Ferment of this charec litthe u people or g ven cnest n. egein owing to the connecting o and.

RKS OI together at the crotch it enables the wearer to get into thegarment without putting each leg on like a stocking which hasto be donein a knit union -suit.

Having thus fully described my invention what 'I claim as new and desireto secure by- Letters-Patent, is

A union garment comprising a shirt portion open at its front, a drawersportion open at its front andrear and having as an integral part thereofa flap for overlapping the opening at the rear, a pair of reinforcingstrips for the sides of the front opening of the gar ment and whichextend fronrthc crotch of the drawers portion to the neck opening in theshirt portion, an elastic waist band interposed between the shirt anddrawer portion and having its upper edge secured to the lower edge ofthe shirt portion and its lower edge ssasoe tion thereby coupling saidportions together,

said band having one end secured to one of the reinforcing strips andits other end to the other of said strips, said band being of greaterWidtll at the back of the garment than at the front, and .an elasticinsert for each of the shoulders of the shirt portion, said insertextending from the neck opening to the opening of the arm andgradually-increasing in width tor ard the neck opening.

In testimony whereofI have hereunto set my hand n presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

crRUs M. WALKER.

Witnesses:

D. K. WALKE J. W. BERRY.

